More Veterans Enrolling at RIC

RIC has taken steps to help veterans feel more comfortable on campus amid an uptick in veteran student enrollments.

Credit Elisabeth Harrison

Rhode Island College has seen a nearly 60 percent increase in the number of veterans on campus since 2009.

RIC has taken steps to better serve veterans, including opening a Veterans’ Resource Center, which helps connect veterans to a wide variety of services, including federal and state tuition assistance.

The center also employs student veterans in work study positions and makes regular phone calls to veterans to see how they are doing. RIC says the calls are a way of checking in on student veterans, who may not visit the resource center but may still have questions.

RIC has been named one of the top 20 percent of universities in the country for veteran-friendly programs in a ranking by Victory Media.